Multibeam water column data research in the Taixinan Basin: Implications for the potential occurrence of natural gas hydrate

A multi beam sonar survey is carried out in the continental slope of the Taixinan Basin to obtain submarine topographic and water column data. The data are processed to obtain water column images. Anomalous water column images, displaying plume characteristics, are found in gas hydrate enriched area...

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Published inActa oceanologica Sinica Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 129 - 133
Main Authors Chen, Yilan, Ding, Jisheng, Zhang, Haiquan, Tang, Qiuhua, Zhou, Xinghua, Liu, Xiaoyu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing The Chinese Society of Oceanography 01.05.2019
Springer Nature B.V
First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
Subjects
Basins
Climatology
Continental slope
Data processing
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Efficiency
Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Environmental Chemistry
Gas hydrates
Hydrates
Hydrocarbons
Isotopes
Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Multibeam sonar
Natural gas
Natural resources
Oceanography
Sonar
Surveying
Topography
Water circulation
Water column
plume flow
gas hydrate
Taixinan Basin
multibeam sonar
water column image
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Summary:A multi beam sonar survey is carried out in the continental slope of the Taixinan Basin to obtain submarine topographic and water column data. The data are processed to obtain water column images. Anomalous water column images, displaying plume characteristics, are found in gas hydrate enriched areas in the Taixinan Basin. This indicates the presence of natural gas resources in the Taixinan Basin. The multibeam sonar system is shown to provide an accurate and effective approach for detecting sub-sea gas hydrate.
ISSN:0253-505X
1869-1099
DOI:10.1007/s13131-019-1444-0